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In response to "He won a division and 103 games with a $41 million payroll. I've never understood your irrational hatred of this book." by David

He's not a genius. Thinking outside the box is only good if you excel and honestly, he didn't per se.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jun 17 '11, 10:51

The central event in the book is the draft. He slags half a dozen guys who are better than ANYONE he got and the only 2 out of 7 hits he got were 2 guys who everyone else was at least interested in.

His 5 outside the box picks...charitably were not good. And this is one of the top 3 talent drafts in the last 30 years. Swisher and Blanton aren't good enough.

The Marlins won a world title the next year with a payroll that wasn't much more than 41mil...where's their genius-book?

Beane got the god-treatment for not actually doing much and explaining why all those other (superior) people weren't good enough for him. That's a double-dose of oops.

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One of the top 3 talent drafts? I was just looking at their first round options and cringing. - David Jun 17, 10:56 9
- Granderson was in that draft...Votto was a 2nd round pick....it's legitimately one of the top 3 drafts in talent (behind 2005's) - Will Hunting Jun 17, 10:59 8
  - If conventional scouting had pegged those guys, they wouldn't have gone sooner. - David Jun 17, 11:03 7
    - You could easily make a pennant winning team with the 2002 draft - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:05 6
      - No. -- nm - David Jun 17, 11:06 5
        
        Yes. Unquestionably. Beane just missed on most of it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:06 4
        
        McCann, Granderson, Votto, Jon Lester..... - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:11
        
        You're so silly when you get unreasonably hyperbolic. - David Jun 17, 11:10 2
        
        Here's the team you can make *after* Swisher. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 11:18 1
        
        "Weakish outfield" by which you mean it's Votto, McCann and then anybody with a pulse. - David Jun 17, 11:21

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He's not a genius. Thinking outside the box is only good if you excel and honestly, he didn't per se.

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